उपनिषद् · Yājñavalkya 2
॥
देवनागरी
प्रमादिनो बहिश्चित्ताः पिशुनाः कलहोत्सुकाः । संन्यासिनोऽपि दृश्यन्ते देवसंदूषिताशयाः
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
pramādino bahiścittāḥ piśunāḥ kalahotsukāḥ | saṃnyāsino'pi dṛśyante devasaṃdūṣitāśayāḥ
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
प्रमादिनः बहिः-चित्ताःpramādinaḥ bahiḥ-cittāḥthe negligent, with mind turned outward
पिशुनाः कलह-उत्सुकाःpiśunāḥ kalaha-utsukāḥslanderers, eager for quarrel
संन्यासिनः अपि दृश्यन्तेsaṃnyāsinaḥ api dṛśyantethe renounced too are seen [to be] such
देव-संदूषित-आशयाःdeva-saṃdūṣita-āśayāḥwith intent corrupted by the gods
अनुवाद
The negligent, with mind turned outward, slanderers, eager for quarrel — the renounced too are seen to be such, with intent corrupted by the gods.
संस्करण
78f364582c82 · प्रकाशित 12 अग॰ 2026, 5:00:00 am UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Here is a line that does the book credit: it speaks ill of its own. It lists: pramādinaḥ ("the negligent"), bahiś-cittāḥ ("with mind turned outward"), piśunāḥ ("slanderers"), kalahotsukāḥ ("eager for quarrel"). And it says: saṃnyāsino'pi dṛśyante, "the renounced too are seen [to be] such."
This deserves being appreciated at its worth. A book devoted to renunciation and written by the renounced says directly that the renounced can be gossips and quarrelers. An admission of this kind is rare in codified books and therefore valuable.
Let us add what is worth noting in the list itself. All four vices are vices of communal life: not laziness and not lust, but gossip, quarrel, distraction, outward-turnedness. That is, exactly what takes root where people live together and have nothing to do is listed.
The Vaiṣṇava side knows this and warns of it most sharply of all. First among her ten offenses against the Name is named sādhu-nindā, "reviling devotees," as was discussed when reading the Kṛṣṇa-upaniṣad (1.14). The reason given is this: vices toward things are left behind of themselves by one who has renounced things; but vices toward people are not removed by renunciation, and only strengthen in community, for there are more people around and less to do.
The phrase deva-saṃdūṣita-āśayāḥ, "with intent corrupted by the gods," apparently means that the gods, not wanting a person to leave the cycle, unsettle him; this turn of phrase is common in the Purāṇas.